I'm still suffering with a bout of
dontrocktheboat-ifitaintbrokedontfixit-itis
brought about by a 2 week new computer purgatory
i think as soon as the shakes subside and i get some of my strength
back
ill be joining the CS crowd
feivel
I hear you Feivel! Thing is, my mobo burnt out on me and while trying to fix it I fried my HD as well (LOL, I have built about two dozen computers for the office and home in the past few y ears !). So had to get a new gig, decided to upgrade to CS at the same time.
Layer Comps:
Imagine you have manipulated an image, adding background, inserting other pics
type different color schemes, adjustments etc. Then you don't like it that much. What you do is put all your layers pertaining to this combo into a 'layer comp'. You then create an entirely new set of backgrounds/type/text/colors etc on a different set of layers, put them into another 'layer comp'. All you need to do then is to turn off or on one set of comps and you can switch between the different images. You don't need to save the file under different names or versions. haven't tried it myself, but if you design for other people, this would be a fantastic way to show off different versions of the same thing.
8 bit-16 bit, conversion in C1LE etc:
Feivel, the thing about working in layers is that you NEVER change your original pixels in image. This is an incredible feature if you think about it. Imagine you have done your RAW conversion and the color/contrast/sharpening adjustment in C1LE or under the 'Image'> adjustments> curves/levels etc. in PS. From here, there is NO GOING BACK! The history brush works in a limited way, but only while the file is still open. Once y ou save it, history IS history. What if you worked on an image only to realize later that your monitor was poorly calibrated or that the image does not match the print somehow or whatever, you can easily adjust the layers esp with the opacity slider. No way to do that once you are committed as with the other methods. I never use a permanent adjustment if I can help it.
Shadow-highlight etc:
There are always several ways to do the same thing in PS. That is why I love this program. You can find the easiest or most complicated way to do something and each time the results are slightly different. Red eye correction is a classic example. I think the shadow-highlight adjustment is great for a quick fix but there are other ways to do it too. Just like sharpening.
Do a search on my earlier posts on the one-click fixes in PS.
For Kent: Re speed issues.
See my post elsewhere on this forum about this. Except for the issue with the plug-ins from AutoFX, I have not noticed any particular problems. The program itself loads in under 10 seconds, it opens my 250MB layered file in 3 seconds. I will do some testing to see if it is slow with filters or not, but hey, even if it IS a tad slower than PS7, the features are worth the upgrade.
Pradeep
